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Transcription: Retelling of Nosherwaane Aadil

Description: Transcription of Niyam reciting the story “Nosherwaane the Just” in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story there was a king named Qabaat, who had one muslim minister, and one hindu minister. When one of the minsters explained that two owls were discussing the injustice in Qabaat’s kingdom, he decided to become a very just king, and earned the name Nosherwaane the Just. Transcription is done in Burushaski with translations in English.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Description of a diram phitti recipe

Description: Transcription and free English translation of a recording of Ruqayya Bano sharing the recipe for “Diram Phitti”, or sweet bread cake, in the Nagar dialect. In this recipe, grain is germinated, then ground into flour and fermented. This flour is made into dough, and cooked on an iron pan in individual patties.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Retelling of Shiri Badat

Description: Transcription and free English translation of the recording of Abdullah, a speaker of Nagar Burushaski, narrating the story of the Vazir (minister) of Shri Badat, a legendary king of Gilgit.
Date: June 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Monologue on Thuyi royal family

Description: Transcription and translation of the recording of Sarfaraz Khan, a speaker of Yasin Burushaski, giving a historical narrative on the royal family in Thuyi.
Date: June 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Khan, Muhammad Wazir
Partner: UNT College of Information
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